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It's a redrawings of another character that I made a year ago

Yes I know it's bad but I did not have a name for her

Come up with names in the comment if you want to help me name her

Season 3 prediction

#i'm very pro danny accidentally adopts a whole bunch of talons previous installments

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The next day, the body was back.

The green was gone from its eyes, but the awareness wasn't; it spent about an hour watching people go around outside Danny's apartment, which was new behavior. None of the corpses that shadowed him had shown any interest in garden-variety humans before. Now it sat at the window and watched families come home from school or head to their afternoon shifts.

That went into Danny's notes.

After that hour, it taught itself to flush the toilet repeatedly, rearranged the contents of Danny's half-assed linen closet (again) and then stood hovering over the safe where Danny had stashed the ectoplasm.

"...Okay," said Danny.

The dead body croaked. It was a new sound, but there was no context for it. Danny just kind of...wrote it down and hoped for the best.

The day after, Danny woke up at a very reasonable ten forty eight in the morning to find stray corpses feeding each other spoonfuls of ectoplasm in the kitchen.

At that point he kind of had to throw out the notes on how much each one was dosed with, because what the fuck.

"Really?!" Danny shouted, spooking the bodies into fleeing behind chairs and doors and back into his closet again. The only one that didn't flee was Danny's ringmaster corpse of the hour, of course. "You really couldn't wait??"

It stuck out a withered black tongue out at the mortician, who was, really, the victim in all of this. A victim to his parents' whims and a victim to the dead people who followed him around all the time.

This was how Danny found out that, when it doubt, the corpses could just tear through solid steel if they were motivated enough. The finger-marks were so deep and so embedded that they actually looked more like rough claws in the metal.

Great.

Danny ordered a new locking cage for the fridge on Prime and darted off to work. One of his regulars was on the table, though, so Danny just ended up doing what he would have at home— sewing up a gash in its neck and reattaching dead fingers back onto dead stumps.

On the third day, in which four of Danny's frequent fliers had learned from the first how to flush the toilet (and therefore raise the water bill immensely) Danny got a ring from a dark voice he (almost) recognized.

"Is he here?"

Danny squinted, jerking the phone further under his ear as he whipped up some scrambled eggs. The dead girl leaning over his shoulder leaned a little closer to watch the egg froth up. "Is who here? Who is this?"

"This is Batman. Is— the body requisitioned from your facility currently at your place of residence?"

Danny fully let go of the whisk. It landed haphazardly in the glass bowl he'd been stirring in. "What on Earth is a Batman?" he asked, incredulous.

"I visited your workplace previously."

Oh! "Yeah, the cop's friend. I remember now." Danny pulled the whisk out of the liquid eggs and held it out to the body. The unusually animate cadaver mostly prodded the whisk wires and paid no attention to him. "No one's here but me, though. Not that it's your business...?"

"And there are no non-living bodies currently in your apartment?"

Danny ignored the flushing noise in the other room. "I don't know, dude. They practically live in the walls at this point. Don't come over unless you have a warrant."

The call ended with a click.

His omelette turned out amazing, by the way. In case you were wondering.

On the fourth day, the ectoplasm was gone, because the corpses had apparently all taught each other how to lockpick the container in the fridge.

"Okay, some of that was meant to be my dinner. No more lotion at the funeral home now, okay? Now you all can be ashy forever. I'm so serious," Danny complained to the only visible dead person in the room.

The dead person held up a cracked egg. It was probably a gesture of peace, but now there was egg on his vinyl flooring to deal with. And. It wasn't exactly all that comforting in the end.

On the fifth day, Danny awoke to the sensation of a hand jamming itself through his neck until it punched into the mattress beneath him.

Fuck.

I just got done reading the prompt that I asked you about and it's wonderful thank you so much and if you're okay with it I'm here to help you make a part two but if you don't want to do that that's okay I'm just adding some bonus to it.

I'm just imagining Danny full Ghost King attire showing up with two things to cookies one with kryptonite in them cuz I love the head can of ghosts eating good tonight like candy and the other set a normal batch of chocolate chip cookies. Looking down Young Justice being like in the most Patrick electric entity sounding voice with a country accent "I'm so just the cutest oddiest little berries on the bush" (sorry just speaking in my little country Danny headcannon)

But I can also see Danny being embarrassing for Klarion. Danny sit down the two trains of cookies Evan just start hugging and kissing his son on his head like the embarrassing mom he is talking about how he's so skinny and he should eat more. Also really nice to Young Justice it's like them realizing they just might by the end of the day be adopted by enemies mom.

Justice League is getting to the location ready to fight and do what they can just for a Young Justice member with a cookie in hand to walk up and explain and tell them to play along for free cookies.

RedRobin badly wants to try one of the kryptonite cookies to see what it would do if he ate it. Klarion keeps stopping him because as much as he doesn't like them he doesn't want RedRobin to die.

Who I'm just adding on a couple of things really love your writing though oh yeah what are your pronouns so I can know to refer to you as just asking.

So glad you liked it and no problem i don't mind at all. I was thinking about adding a part two honestly. Well then lets continue the shenanigans. I hope this part two won't disappoint either. And out of courtesy for once added people who asked for tags in the comments. Don't get used to it. I usually don't to tags. This is an exception for this awesome prompt idea.

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The moment a Lazarus green portal started to open in the Living Room, Red Robin suffered a small, probably slightly traumatic, flashbacks to all the times he had seen the Lazarus Pits, but before he could even react Klarion tackled him to the ground with a distinctive hiss of "Play alone." His friends, the traitors, had managed to doge Klarion. Impulse had simple used his speed to step aside and Superboy apparently had headed a warning. Wonder Girl hadn't even been in the path of Klarions tackle. So this was why Red Robin was currently the only one getting sort of wrestled and put into a headlock on the ground in a hold he knew he could easily get out of but was to distracted by the ceiling high, eldritch as well as royal looking being stepped out of it.

The portal closed behind that being and Red Robin swallowed seeing six eyes in inky black that mirrored the night sky blink down at them.

"Klarion?" The static voice ringed in their ears and from the corner of his eyes Red Robin saw Superboy flinch visibly.

"Mom! Your early!" Red Robins head hit the floor as Klarion suddenly let him go to greet the being that's apparently his mother. He glared at the witch boy for that as he sat up and rubbed his had.

"Oh my, sorry my dear." Superboy flinched again, and Red robin could hear Impulse whispering to Wonder Girl if he was the only one seeing four mouths talk at the same time. Klarion appeared to have it heard to as he send them a quick glare over his shoulder before turning back to his mother.

"Mom, could you tune down on the eldritch?" Red Robin blinked stunned before seeing the bing apparently blush green in embarrassment and its form changing until there stood a man, about Red Hoods height still with a floating crown and a royal cape, but at least more human like and resembling Klarion but with more blueish skin before them.

"Sorry baby, I thought my royal appearance would make a better first impression." The man pinched the witch boys cheek lovingly, to witch Klarion whined out a drawn out "Mom."

The four young heroes couldn't help but stare, was that seriously their villain Klarion? The one that tried to cause chaos and make their lives difficult on regular basis?

"Klarion. Why is there a magic barrier around your apartment." The man in royal clothing suddenly asked and they blinked seeing Klarion flinch and laugh nervously. "Oh you know mom, keeping the bonding in one place so other mortals won't be bothered." To which the man cooed. He cooed!

"Bonding? What bonding?" The four heroes echoed blinked and exchanged stunned and confused looks. Bonding? What Bonding? What were they talking about? Sure they hadn't gotten a lot of explanations out of Klarion before that portal opened and apparently his entire act about his mother visiting was the true. It was clear that the witch boy's mother was some kind of other worldly being but it looked like there was more to it. Also considering the royal like outfit and the grown.... did that mean that they had been dealing with a prince of some kind as villain the entire time.

Suddenly the man bristled turning to glare at them back in his eldritch form towering over them. "Are you telling me you mortals have been ignoring my sons bonding?! And that is why my son's bonds don't appear to be properly formed?!"

They flinched back staring at that being that was now back to locking eldritch horror like with a crown and royal cape. Their eyes were locked onto the being, only distantly they realised that Klarion was pulling on his mother hissing something that sounded very much just like static to their ears. It to a while longer but finally the being drew back staring what sounded like a static filled discussion with Klarion and Impulse was pretty sure he had been ready to sully himself if it had taken any longer,

Apparently Klarion and his mother finished their exchanged as they both turned to them, his mom now again more human like looking. "Mom these are my friends. The punk looking guy is Superboy the half alien, Red Robin the one in red and black, you know Dinner boy. Impulse from the Flash-Clan and Wonder Girl one of the Amazonian. Guys this is my mom, Ghost King of the Infinite Realms."

Red Robin couldn't help the eye twitch at his introduction, he also noticed that Impulse flinched back as the mans eyes locked onto him and he didn't need Superboy's confirmation of having heard a grumble about 'why did it have to be a speedster'. Great so this eldritch being, apparently King and most likely a danger and possible hostile did not like one of them already. Why did Klarion ask them to play pretend friends again?

"Well I will be, you have quiet the colourful and oddest batch of fleshy mortals here." The man grinned at them, that were sharp teeth the four heroes observed. "Titles are a bit stuffy, feel free to call me Danny kids. Now come here. I brought some cookies with me."

Before they knew it the four of them were seated on the couch with a huge plate of cookies on the coffee table before them. The four of them blinked at the two kinds of cookies. Impulse was already reaching out to them fearlessly but Wonder Girl had the foresight to stop their friend for the moment. Superboy on the other hand appeared to look quiet queasy and was slowly turning green to the worry of Red robin. They noticed Klarion turning towards his Mom when he took note of this. "Mom! I have a Kryptonian friend! Why did you bring cookies with kryptonite chunks! Look! Superboy is turning green just looking at them."

The Ghost King, now known by the name Danny to them, appeared to be waving his son. "Oh he will be fine in a moment its not enough to completely bother his species, he will just be more human like till you ate all of them. These ones are more for you anyway, you are way to thin lately." Danny then turned to them with a smile. "Please feel free to eat the chuckles chip once. I can guarantee they are human friendly. My sister helped me make them. She is a liminal human."

That was all Impulse needed to rip his wrist free and stuff the first of the chocolate chips cookies into his mouth. "They are good!"

Danny smiled at them satisfied, and with that out of the way started to make small talk with them while also embarrassing his son with occasional comments like. "Oh you should have seen when Klarion first got Teekl." Or "He nearly burned down our entire castle when he started actually learning magic." Or "He used to be such a grumpy adult until he deaged and became such a cute grumpy little baby boy. Want to see photos?"

They never got to see photos to Wonder Girls disappointment. Klarion managed to cut in between suffering embarrassment and glaring at them for encouraging his mother to tell more embarrasing stories and forced the portal, his mother was going to reach into for the photos, to close.

By now the teens have become more relaxed around Danny. The man had a friendly charm to him and genuinely showed an interest in them as well as in the well bing of his son. They could understand why Klarion didn't want to disappoint a parent like that. They snacked on the cookies and Red Robin watched with interest whenever Klarion and Danny reached for one of the cookies with green Kryptonite chunks. Danny had mentioned off handedly in one of his stories of Klarion that they both used to be normal humans. Red Robin was very interested in this right now.

Suddenly Superboy elbowed Impulse and Red Robin, having caught the movement turned to them with an arched eyebrow. "Mentors." The other mouthed to them and they sighed, of course their mentors would show up sooner or later. They shared a glance and Red Robin took on the task to subtitle inform Klarion since they were sitting next to each other when Impulse excused himself to a toilet break shortly.

Red Robin used that quick distraction to reach towards the cookie plate.

Meanwhile Impulse came to a stop in front of the front door stopped by his foot from slamming shut behind him again, thankfully Klarion had removed his magic barrier that could have made this difficult. He had one cookie in hand and grinned up at their mentors and the Justice League Dark members.

"Hi everyone!" He greeted them cheerfully, taking a bite of his cookie.

"Impulse? Are you okay? What happened?!" Flash was instantly on the teen checking him over for any sort of injury. They were prepared to fight since Deadman had reported the location where the Ghost King had appeared. They had chosen to halt their search for the missing teens for the moment but had paled when Superman had mentioned he was hearing their voices from the same location.

"Oh i am fine! Great even. Did you know that there are other dimensions that have melon flavoured chips?" Impulse easily answered grinning. "Also you might wanna dile back on the battle ready aura you guys radiate. Klarions mom is visiting, pretty awesome guy."

"Klarion? The witch boy?" Wonder Woman asked stunned to which Impulse nodded. "Yea, pretty nice guy. Ghost King of a dimension that holds everything together like glue. Kinda badass."

"Bloody fucking..." Batman glared at Constantine who swallowed the rest of his curse. "The hell you mean the Ghost King is badass? That a fucking tyrannical blood hungry war maniac!"

Impulse blinked at them. "Really? I mean he does have scary form that made me nearly piss myself but he is pretty chill. Awesome parent, we get why Klarion loves his mom so much now."

The blond Brite pinched the bridge of his nose letting out a suffering sigh. "Just let us in mate, we will deal with this before our dimension can kiss its arse goodbye."

Impulse appeared to be thinking for a moment before shaking his head. "Uh nope. We are having a good time actually. A nice break. Sooooo no!" Before Flash or anyone else could react impulse stepped back closing the door into their faces. They blinked stunned, Batman was the first to recover stepped towards the door to attempt to open it only for his lockpick to be deflected by a red barrier suddenly appearing. The man growled turning to glare at the Justice League Dark members with a silent comment.

Inside the apartment a little bit earlier....

Klarion snatched another green glowing cookie from Red Robins hands with a glare at the other teen, who only glared back. Danny was watching them amused feeling reminded of himself and Tucker by their interaction. But then his attention turned to Wonder Girl as she asked for another story about Klarions childhood.

A moment later Klarion felt a nudge and looked at Superboy who nudged him across a pouting Red Robin who got another green glowing cookie snatched from him. The witch boy arched an eyebrow when Superboy asked to recreated the barrier to keep their mentors out but did so the moment Impulse was back with them with already three new chocolate cookies in hand as he joined Wonder Girl in fishing for more stories.

“But if you forget to reblog Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”

U know how everyone had a crush on zuko at some point? Everyone had a crush on zuko at some point.

My sister gets me:

Bonus Aang having a Realization

Getting dressed up for today

REBLOG WHILE RELEVANT

So I've seen some people talk about how Belos ruined the human Realm for Hunter by possessing him and killing Flapjack and that's why he was ready to go back to the Demon Realm, but honestly I take a slightly different interpretation.

Having grown up in an abusive home that I managed to escape from the scene rang with extreme familiarity and felt like it was depicting what happens if you reach a turning point and and are able to find the strength to fight back against your abuser. (Which is great to see in kid's media, love it, it's so encouraging wrt to your *right* to think your abuser is jackass.)

I mean at the end of the day, Belos had already "ruined" the Demon Realm, too. It was the place where Hunter was abused and manipulated. People have pointed out in some meta that he talks about "that throne room" the way abuse victims talk about "that house" when talking about where they were abused. Because that throne room was where he emotionally abused and if the implications about physical abuse are right, it's where he was likely physically abused as well, because of the privacy there.

We see the throne room is the private place where Hunter is expected to drop to a knee and bow before him, and to stay mostly still even as Belos nearly strikes his face. It's the place where sometimes it's only Hunter and Belos, where he's free to hurt him all he wants, with words or blows.

That said, I do think the human world was very good for him and definitely a revelation. It was a place where the nearest adult, Camila, was kind and nurturing and willing to take on parenting a whole gaggle of kids, constantly trying to figure out what's best for them (hence the trying to figure out where to find apple blood and their diets, etc).

It was safe for him to take up soft, non-combat hobbies useless to being a Coven guard like sewing (gently taught to him by Camila, a kind adult) to pick up nerdy interests like cosplay and basically being a Trekkie, and to wear comfy sweaters (and crocs!) instead of things with utility or decorum.

The human world being a place without Belos made him feel safe enough to be a normal teen. Openly. Not in secret, talking to online friends on Penstagram on his Scroll where Belos couldn't see (a hugely accurate thing for a lot of abuse victims, online friends being a lifeline).

But unfortunately Belos was there, and alive, and as long as Belos is alive he's going to try to hurt Hunter, his home realm, Hunter's loved ones, and their loved ones.

After Flapjack dies the worst has happened. Belos came after him. Again. He literally controlled his body itself, and bored his way under his skin. Given he was consuming the flesh of animals and how he was back to full size after leaving Hunter, and Hunter was injured in the spots where he was goo, and needed to be healed, he possibly even dissolved and consumed some of his body.

And he killed his first friend - and lbr his best friend. With Hunter's own hands.

But the thing that makes it not just about something bad happening on Earth is that he still clearly loves parts of his home realm. There are things there he's always wanted that he still wants to have and tells Belos as such. Being a normal student at Hexside. Flyer derby with his friends. Learning about wild magic and Palismen-carving. He still calls it "home" probably in part for all the things there that he wanted to have growing up that Belos wouldn't let him. Things he's ready to fight for.

He loves things in both worlds, and Belos is clearly a threat in both worlds - a threat Hunter finally managed to resist. And even though Flapjack died, Hunter's still alive to fight because of his sacrifice.

He's ready to fight to make Belos pay for his deceit, abuse, and forced isolation; for trying to kill his world on the Day of Unity; for attacking his friends; and for his Palisman's murder.

It doesn't seem like he's leaving the human world because it's ruined, it comes off more like he's finally overcome his fear enough to go back to reclaim the world where he was abused because it's the home of his friends and because of all the good in it he always wanted to have. It's time to go home and make it safe enough to be home.

Yes, he looks exhausted, but he's the first one to go through after Belos, which is pretty fearless. It doesn't read like defeat, it reads like he's ready to walk through the portal and send an old man straight to hell.

Is It Really a Misunderstanding?

"I'm gettin' real fuckin' sick of Vlad Masters, Jazz." Danny hissed his blue eyes almost glowing with his repressed anger.

[Oof, what'd he do now?] Jazz's voice sounded as exhausted over the phone as Danny felt.

"This man, this beast stalked me all the way out to fucking Gotham and then had the audacity, the absolute gall to be upset with me for not following him back to his creepy fucking castle to play out his twisted vision of a Perfect Family. He won't even acknowledge the child he used me to create because she's not the son he wanted. What about what I wanted?!"

[Ugh, he's such a gross creep.] Jazz acknowledged, prompting Danny to continue venting.

"I was fourteen! He tortured me with electricity so he could use me to create her then just fucking rejects her because she's not a boy?! What the fuck is that!? Then I can't even keep her in the house for nearly a year because my fucking parents are such bigots that they would have taken the first opportunity to vivisect her if she slipped in front of them and showed any of her powers." Danny's voice shook there, as though repressing the urge to just burst into stressed tears.

"Then that fucking animal just outs us all to my shitty parents and ruins our lives and nearly gets my daughter killed and then has the fucking balls to decide that that means I no longer have any reason to refuse him! As though I would ever just go along with that monster. He's absolutely deranged! I had to uproot my whole fucking life so I could run out here with Ellie and now I have to fucking move again because this lunatic has hyper-focused on me because my mom hates his guts now and he thinks I can somehow replace her or something?!" Danny was clearly distraught and it tore at Jazz's heart to hear her baby brother so upset.

[Don't worry, Danny. You don't have to move, I've been poking around and I've managed to fenagle a deal with someone. Vlad won't be a problem for much longer.] Jazz soothed gently.

"What? A-are you sure? Who did you make a deal with?" Danny asked stumbling a little over the revelation.

[Well, Ghost-X really wants a rare pelt doesn't he? I can help him get one at the low low price of Vlad Masters.] Jazz explained as gently as though she were soothing Danny from a nightmare. Danny's jaw dropped for a moment, his gut twisting and his heart torn.

"Jazz I...Did you sell out Vlad to Skulker?" Danny asked somewhat faintly, as though he was not completely sure he wanted to know.

[I did no such thing. I merely sold some weapons to a family friend. What happens, happens and is entirely Ghost-X's own choice. Vlad Masters is a monster with more money than sense; money will not save him from the consequences of his own malice forever. There is a price to be paid for making enemies everywhere you go.] Jazz comforted gently, she knew that Danny would trust her decision and excuse her faulty reasoning. After all she would have done the same.

Jazz knew that what she was doing was probably wrong, was cruel and a disproportionate punishment for the crimes committed. Yet it only felt fitting for the man constantly hunting and tormenting the person that she loved above all others to be hunted like a common animal by one of his own previous accomplices. Normally she would have never trusted Skulker with the weapons that her parents had designed and she had stolen, but she had been observing him and the others for long enough to realize that all the ghosts hated Vlad more than they were annoyed by Danny's nosy peacekeeping.

"I...I don't know what to do with that Jazz." Danny sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.

[You don't have to do anything Danny. Just relax and let me help you for once. I'll come to see you and Ellie tomorrow, just focus on Ellie and my visit. Has she been adjusting to the situation okay? I'm sure it was very stressful for her to be subjected to not only Vlad but our parents like that. She's two now isn't she?] Jazz steered his attention gently.

"Y-yeah. Yeah. Luckily she doesn't seem to actually remember Vlad at all and her nightmares are so vague I don't think she remembers Jack and Maddie either. But I think she's lost all her other memories as well, she's so smart but she's also really only two." Danny explained, exhausted but doting.

[I know it must be so difficult to raise her on your own, you're still just a child as well after all. But now that Vlad is out of the way it wouldn't be any more dangerous for me to come live with you to help finally. I'll put in a transfer immediately to Gotham University and I'll be able to help you more directly than just sending money and presents.] Jazz sounded happy, her voice becoming more energetic and excited. [Sam and Tucker will be able to get back into contact with you again too! You don't have to do this alone anymore, I know these past six months have been so hard on you. You'll be able to go back to school!]

"Jazz, it wasn't just Vlad I was hiding from; Jack and Maddie are also still a problem." Danny sighed.

[Tch, they won't be much of a problem anymore after Sam, Tucker, and I completely destroyed their lab and all their bigoted research. They'll be rebuilding for decades and if they dare show up we already know how to counter them.] Danny had never heard Jazz speak so coldly about their parents before, but then their parents had never tried to vivisect Danielle and destroy Danny before.

"...That still leaves the GIW though..." Danny protested somewhat weakly.

[Technus and Tucker have teamed up to completely destroy all their bases and basically cause them to hemorrhage money with no results to speak of. They'll be shut down soon enough.] Jazz sniffed, she didn't even view them as a legitimate threat. [More importantly, when I finally get there we'll get everything in order. You'll go to school and we'll work together to build a better life.]

"Oh, I dunno about school. I do still have to work, I can't just rely on Sam to send me living expenses every month. I feel like dead weight and her parents will have to notice eventually." Danny reasoned.

[It's okay Danny, we can take turns working and going to school. I'm sure we can figure out a balance between taking care of Ellie, school, and working.] Jazz reasoned gently.

"Jazz, that's way too many things all at once. I don't want to leave Ellie alone for too long and even though the Batburger lets me bring her with me to work I doubt that high school is just going to let me bring my two year old daughter with me." Danny reasoned.

[Well, haven't you been repairing things for people on the side? What if I get a job so that you can focus on working from home by building some of your actual inventions instead of just repairing things for people. I'm sure you could make some real money with that portable shield you made. Doesn't Wayne Enterprise provide scholarships for engineering? I really think you could accomplish so much if you just take the chance.] Jazz reasoned.

"I dunno Jazz, I was a C average student and technically dropped out to raise my daughter, I don't think they'd let me have a scholarship or work for them or whatever." Danny refuted.

[If they have any sense they'll realize that choosing your daughter over your education was respectable and they'll know that grades are not a true indication of intelligence. Besides, I would say you did very well given how stressful everything had been for you since the accident, especially with Vlad exasperating the situation by sending people to constantly attack you in some twisted effort to wear you down and make you more pliable to his sick advances.] Jazz spoke of Vlad with the utmost disdain.

"Pfft, sending people to constantly attack and harass me at all hours so that I'd eventually have to seek him out was not among the worst things Vlad ever did to me." Danny huffed with a dark sense of amusement.

[No, but it was still a wretched thing to do and I would take his pelt myself if I could.] Jazz said more coldly than Danny had ever heard. It surprised him a little, though he should have realized how deeply Jazz actually loathed Vlad.

"It'll be fine Jazz. We'll make due...you're coming to live with us and we'll build a better family than the one Jack and Maddie built for us. Thanks for talking with me Sis...I love you." Danny sighed completely drained from everything that happened and the conversation on top.

[Always Little Brother. I love you so much, I'll see you tomorrow.] Jazz spoke warmly, as loving as she had always been towards him.

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Normally Timothy Drake made an effort not to spy on his neighbors. But he was nosy by nature and his neighbor was a teen dad only a year older than his youngest brother Damian Wayne. It was hard not to focus a little more on the sixteen year old Danny Winters, especially since he was always so exhausted. Tim could admit that it probably wasn't his business what led to a sixteen year old living alone in Gotham with a two year old daughter but Tim could never leave a mystery unsolved.

It took him a solid week to find the teen's true identity which was not only concerning but frustrating, especially since he had to bring in Babs to help crack his security open. Someone with massive technical skills was protect him and it only made Tim infinitely more curious. The mystery only deepened when they found that Danny came from some nowhere town that wasn't even on any proper map.

They managed to figure out that he was actually Danny Fenton and after a falling out with his parents he had run away with his baby and had been moving town's fairly frequently until he finally ended up in Gotham. There were inconsistencies and unusual blank spots in his history and travel trail. However, it rapidly became obvious why when the realized that one Vlad Masters was also constantly trailing after him. They could not figure out the connection between them but it was very concerning.

The answers came far too long later, Danny had been living in Gotham for months before an unusually loud and distressed conversation next door grabbed Tim's attention. Tim was only able to hear Danny's side of the conversation given how thin the walls were but it was as enlightening as it was distressing. Tim was not completely sure what was going on but it seemed that Danny's sister had sold out Vlad to someone and was going to move in with Danny.

Tim was not sure what was going on, but Danny was a very sweet and helpful boy. His daughter was adorable and Tim was distressed for them both that some rich old bastard was so viciously focused on them. It made him sick to think about the implications of what he heard and if Tim saw Masters himself he was not sure how he would keep himself from killing the man. He was torn between telling Bruce and telling Jason. Bruce would surely try to get him arrested and reformed or whatever but sometimes...sometimes someone deserved to be sold out to Red Hood.

Danny was just a kid and he'd already been forced into parenthood and far too much trauma and stress. Yeah, the longer Tim stewed over it the more certain he was that this particular case should go to Red Hood. He would make his own call soon; Danny deserved better than whatever shitshow Masters forced him and his daughter into.

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It pleased Jazz more than words could say that she was proven right only a week later and Vlad Masters had become Skulker's most prized taxidermy piece in his cabin. Ember thought it was tacky but justified.